The intellectual class has a sacred duty to speak truth to p... - Govan Mbeki

"The intellectual class has a sacred duty to speak truth to power, or forfeit its claim to moral authority."

Govan Mbeki Leadership

Anti-apartheid Activist, Intellectual South African 1910–1983

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